A former jailer and dispatcher for the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office has been charged with three counts of sexual misconduct with an inmate. The charges come after an investigation headed up by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Iowa D-C-I Special Agent in-charge Michael Motsinger says the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office called in the state almost immediately. He says the sheriff’s department felt there was a conflict of interest if they investigated, so they called the D-C-I.

Motsinger says the allegations against the jailer began last summer. Motsinger says they looked into the July allegation and then more information was found in September and they looked at the case again and that led to charges being filed.

Court documents show that Scott Derscheid of Mount Ayr is alleged to have engaged in three sexual acts with two women while they were in custody at the Ringgold County Jail. One incident reportedly occurred in July, the other two in September.

Derscheid resigned from his jailer/dispatcher position at the Ringgold County Jail in October. Derscheid was arrested last month and charged with three counts of sexual misconduct with an offender. Derscheid went before a judge and pleaded not guilty and bond was set at two-thousand dollars cash.

(Radio Iowa)

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports today (Tuesday), 44-year old Daniel Lucien Page, Jr., of Council Bluffs, turned himself-in to Pott. County Corrections Monday afternoon on a warrant for Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness. Page, Jr. was booked into the jail.

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A judge in Mills County has sentenced an Ohio man to life in prison without the possibility of parole, for killing his ex-girlfriend from Glenwood. According to WOWT, 27-year-old Mark Troutman was sentenced Monday morning. Troutman was convicted in December, 2016 of murdering 18-year-old Kathryn Weber, of Glenwood. Weber was shot outside of her place of employment last September.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa State student senate will consider a resolution Wednesday that would ask university President Steve Leath to have the university declared a “sanctuary campus.” The Des Moines Register reports that the proposal calls on Leath to try to ensure “that all students, without documentation of citizenship or otherwise, be given equal opportunity admission.”

The Legislature is considering a bill that would limit cities, counties and public universities from enacting policies that create “safe havens” for people living in the country without legal permission.

University officials said after November’s presidential election that they will continue to offer support to all students regardless of immigration status. But they also said Leath has no authority to declare the campus a sanctuary and must abide by the Iowa Board of Regents policies.

Red Oak Police say a woman who was arrested on drug charges Sunday, in Elliott, was arrested Monday evening in Red Oak, after she began acting in what authorities say was a “Disorderly manner,” and was “Yelling profane language,” in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street. 50-year old Kristine Myers-Ryan, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 5:10-p.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where her bond was set at $300. The report says no charges were filed in association with her arrest.

Police in Shenandoah, Monday night, arrested 34-year old Dustin Eugene Kalkas, of Shenandoah, on a valid Page County warrant for Child Endangerment. Kalkas was transported to the Shenandoah Police Department, where he was booked-in and subsequently released on $2,000 bond, pending an initial court appearance.

Police in Council Bluffs, Monday, said they were notified that another Facebook page has surfaced recently, in an attempt to mimic the official Council Bluffs Police Department’s Facebook page. The “fake” page posted a few screen shots of some of actual information along with a story involving a bus crash. The story offers a link to read the entire story. Officials say it appears that the link may unfortunately be associated with a virus, misleading or false information.

The Council Bluffs Police Department wants to inform the public that their Facebook page is the only “official” Facebook page for the Council Bluffs Police Department. They encourage everyone to be careful of any link that they may click on and ensure the information you receive from it is accurate. Authorities said also, that as it tradition, their official media releases will be in the form of a “Press Release” and will not contain a “link”.

In the event you have a question of the legitimacy of a post, you can contact the Police Department directly by phone at 712-328-4715. Also, report any suspicious or fake Facebook pages directly to Facebook.

A man from South Dakota was arrested Monday night in Fremont County, after he wielded a hammer, causing property damage and public safety concerns. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports Deputies were called at around 6:30-p.m. to the Motel 6 near Percival, with regard to a man expressing violent tendencies inside the motel. The subject was holding a hammer and causing distress among the motel staff and patrons.

When Deputies arrived they ordered the man, identified as 22-year old Darrion Jones, of South Dakota, to surrender the hammer. When he refused to comply and became combative before trying to flee, Deputies deployed a Taser, the darts from which Jones pulled from his body. He then ran across the street to the Sapp Brothers Truck Stop and once inside, jumped behind the counter before he was taken into custody.

Jones was arrested on two counts each of Assault on a Peace Officer and Disorderly Conduct, along with a charge of Interference with Officials Acts causing bodily injury. He was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held on a $3,600 cash bond, only.